Cruel Nature
Location: Morpeth, Northumberland Est: 2013
Jonathan Sharp
The Heartwood Institute’s Jonathan Sharp on the first and last records he bought, plus a go-to album
Bill Nelson ‘Chimera’ (Mercury, 1983)
Say what you will about the rise of algorithms, but on occasion they do get it right.
Suki Sou
Electronic composer and sound designer Suki Sou tackles our quick-fire questions
Milbo Maggins
On this, the occasion of our 100th issue (just for the absence of doubt), our fourth favourite columnist considers the future of magazines. Well, when we say “considers”…
Depeche Mode ‘Memento Mori’ (Columbia)
Duo Purpose
Video Premiere: Tin Man – ‘Arles’
Breathtaking animated video for analogue electronic meditation
Ladytron: ’Tron and On and On
Almost a quarter of a century after they formed, Ladytron are still reaching new audiences. With their 2002 hit ‘Seventeen’ having gone viral on TikTok, the electropop futurists are back with their first album in five years, the swaggering ‘Time’s Arrow’. Quite the journey it’s been, too. Prepare for a bumpy but exhilarating ride
12-Chinned Janet
We would like to apologise to Fatboy Slim, Christopher Walken, 12-Chinned Janet, the entire population of Hull, and funk soul brothers everywhere